Audiobook Review: Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

Title: Into the Drowning Deep Author: Mira Grant Publication Date: November 14, 2017Publisher: OrbitPages: 440Add to Goodreads Seven years ago, the Atargatis set off on a voyage to the Mariana Trench to film a “mockumentary” bringing to life ancient sea creatures of legend. It was lost at sea with all hands. Some have called it a hoax; others have called it a maritime tragedy. Now, a new crew has been assembled. But this time they’re not out to entertain. Some seek to validate their life’s work. Some seek the greatest hunt of all. Some seek the truth. But for the ambitious young scientist Victoria Stewart this...

Top Ten Tuesday #249: Sequels I need to read

Today's Topic:  Top Ten Sequels I Still Need To Read Happy Tuesday! I hate freebies so I decided to take the easy way out this week and share the top ten sequels I STILL need to read! A few of these are series I have LOVED but just haven't continued for whatever reason. All of them are books I definitely need to get to! Alone by Scott Sigler Anyone Else? by Angela Scott Beastly Bones by William Ritter Burning Kingdoms by Lauren DeStefano The Cursed Sea by Lauren DeStefano Gathering Darkness by Morgan Rhodes Inferno by Julie Kagawa Queen of Ruin by Tracy Banghart Requiem by Lauren Oliver Such Wicked Intent...

Weekly Recap: 7/21 - 7/27

HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi everyone! This week has been a bit of a mixed bag. I got A LOT of reading done thanks to audiobooks and a couple late nights! I've started diving into some indie books I've been meaning to get to in anticipation of the upcoming indie event I'm hoping to host! Speaking of, if you have ANY interest at all in getting involved with promoting indie books beyond participating in the event (and please do sign up when it's time!), please fill out THIS FORM for more information! In less exciting news I got (another) new mattress and I'm not sure if I like it?? The last one was an absolute no - I woke up in agonizing...

Saturday Screen Time #34: Secrets, makeovers, and Schitt

Happy Saturday, everyone! I'm back today with another Saturday Screen Time and this time I've watched a lot more TV than movies. A couple of my favorites had new seasons come out and I loved every second of them! I also started something new and saw one of the weirdest films ever. Now I'm deciding whether to see Crawl before it leaves theaters...   THIS WEEK IN SCREEN TIME Midsommar - I knew I had to see Midsommar as soon as I saw the first trailer. Hereditary was an absolute trip, so I felt like I knew what to expect going into this one. I was fully prepared for whatever weirdness I'd see. This movie is definitely lighter...

Top Ten Continued: Fantasy settings I really want more of

This Tuesday I focused my Top Ten post around fantastical locations I'd love to see more of in books. Today I decided to see if I could find any books in each setting. It was ridiculously hard to find anything for most of these and I'm insanely bummed about it. Someone write these! If you've heard of something I couldn't find, let me know in the comments! UNDERGROUND   This one was actually less difficult than the others! The first book that came immediately to mind was The City of Ember. It has been YEARS since I've read it, but I remember loving it... Maybe it's time for a reread. The second is Stain, which I read last year....

Top Ten Tuesday #248: Locations I want to see more of

Today's Topic:  Ten Fantastic Settings I’d Like  to See More Of In YA Happy Tuesday! This week I'm talking about fantasy locations I'd love to see more of in YA books. I'm used to reading about totally fictionalized worlds, but there are quite a few that already exist (and some more abstract) that I'd love to see in more books! Bonus points to anyone who can tell me what films six of these came from (the rest were just art)!  Asgard | Mount Olympus | El Dorado Neverland | Wonderland | Underground Shangri-La | Prehistoric Anywhere | Camelot | Atlantis Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by That...

ARC Review: House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig

Title: House of Salt and Sorrows Author: Erin A. Craig Publication Date: August 6, 2019 Publisher: Delacorte Pages: 416Add to Goodreads In a manor by the sea, twelve sisters are cursed. Annaleigh lives a sheltered life at Highmoor, a manor by the sea, with her sisters, their father, and stepmother. Once they were twelve, but loneliness fills the grand halls now that four of the girls' lives have been cut short. Each death was more tragic than the last—the plague, a plummeting fall, a drowning, a slippery plunge—and there are whispers throughout the surrounding villages that the family is cursed by the gods. Disturbed by a series of ghostly...

Weekly Recap: 7/14 - 7/20

HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi everyone! This has been another super productive week! I caught up almost completely on candle orders and am excited to be bringing some changes to the shop! Keep an eye on my Instagram if you care about that sort of thing. I also got quite a bit of reading done (and a lot of listening). I found and binged two seasons of Schitt's Creek and was super excited when a new season of Queer Eye dropped! On Saturday I did one of my longest recent runs and was super proud of myself for it! I also decided to bring back an indie read-a-thon challenge later this year that I'm really excited about! I'm still ironing...

Would you read that ugly book?

I will totally admit that I judge books based on their covers. When I'm browsing the shelves or looking through my library's app, I definitely give priority to books that are eye catching. The chances of me picking up a book with an ugly cover are usually slim to none, so today I decided to do something different. I'm picking out some of the ugliest books I could find, actually taking time to read the blurbs, and then deciding if I'd give them a chance. When sixteen-year-old Cynda goes to stay with her father and his second wife, Susan, at their remote bed-and-breakfast inn in Maine, everything starts off well despite legends about...